# NTSB Accident LAX96FA096
> **Beech 55** · 1996-01-20 · CEDARVILLE, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96FA096
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05154
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-01-20
- **Location:** CEDARVILLE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.480957, -120.14019
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 55
- **Registration:** N4088A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

the pilot's poor preflight planning by not obtaining a weather briefing and his inadvertent encounter with a mountain wave condition.  The moonless dark night was a factor in this accident.

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